Exam question 3 · Pocket money, saving and spending

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of a receipt.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, receipt

This is exam question 3 of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 receipt	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 receipt	det
12	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect			a receipt	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is needed only for food and never for other goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 needed	aux:pass
3	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 food	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 goods	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 goods	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 goods	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 goods	amod
11	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		It					tree rules

Option 2

It is given back to the cashier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cashier	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cashier	det
7	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	present · passive		It	the cashier				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to cashier=Recipient

Option 3

It is discarded at the shop door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 discarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 discarded	aux:pass
3	discarded	discard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discard	present · passive		It		the shop door			vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme at door=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is retained until the item is known to work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 known	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 item	det
6	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 known	aux:pass
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 retained	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 work	mark
10	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 known	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	retain	present · passive	It	tree rules
2	know	present · passive	the item	tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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